Ordinal.
Tests responses are usually correct or incorrect. This would be assigned a value and the number of correct answers is the score of the test. There is a logical order, a correct answer is better than an incorrect answer, so it is not nominal data.
Even though we calculate averages, test responses are not interval data, as there is no meaning to the interval.
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The correct answer to a multiple choice question depends on the question. The correct answer is not a random event!
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A multiple choice question is a question in which there is a selection of right and wrong answers given and you must choose the correct one, of which there is always at least one. Some tests may be specified as having multiple multiple choice questions in which one or more of the answers given may be correct.
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Tackling multiple choice questions relies primarily on the memory process called recognizing.